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Is it not where you live?

by dymk 4y ago

speedgoose 4y ago
No, you can’t have a camera to film the public space without an authorisation.
- sschueller 4y ago
  You can in the United States. In Switzerland and some other European countries you can not and you need to post signage anywhere you have cameras on your private property. I am currently installing cameras and it's difficult because I can't mount it on the house facing out.
  - 7steps2much 4y ago
    Depending on where you are located you might want to check if your cameras offer a "black out" function. The camera essentially censors all public space with black bars. That said, as far as I remember legality of this approach was "undecided" in a few places
    - sschueller 4y ago
      I purchased one with the feature, dumb part is, it's a PTZ camera and the blackout part moves with the PTZ...
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
  What if you don’t record the images, just feed them into a license plate recognizer and store those?
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - eertami 4y ago
    I don't know about OP, but in Switzerland at least no, that wouldn't be legal for a private citizen to do at their home. The problem is using a camera to monitor people. It doesn't matter if the camera is only a live video feed to a TV screen, or you save the files to disk, or you run frames through a script without saving to disk. Dash cams are also in practice not allowed for the same reasons (license plates, peoples faces).
- can16358p 4y ago
  How do they (legally) deal with everyone having smartphones in their pockets? Technically and practically, you have a camera to film the public space in your pocket. Even worse, you have a camera that actually have front side and back side, and you can film with back side and always use plausible deniability and say you were on a video call using your smart camera and not filming around.
  - speedgoose 4y ago
    I guess holding your phone to film a street for hours is not legal, but taking a tourist video or a video of your family is legal.
    - brokenmachine 4y ago
      How about only half an hour, many times?

Is it not where you live?

by dymk 4y ago

Is it not where you live?

speedgoose 4y ago

No, you can’t have a camera to film the public space without an authorisation.

sschueller 4y ago
You can in the United States. In Switzerland and some other European countries you can not and you need to post signage anywhere you have cameras on your private property. I am currently installing cameras and it's difficult because I can't mount it on the house facing out.
- 7steps2much 4y ago
  Depending on where you are located you might want to check if your cameras offer a "black out" function. The camera essentially censors all public space with black bars. That said, as far as I remember legality of this approach was "undecided" in a few places
  - sschueller 4y ago
    I purchased one with the feature, dumb part is, it's a PTZ camera and the blackout part moves with the PTZ...
aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
What if you don’t record the images, just feed them into a license plate recognizer and store those?
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- eertami 4y ago
  I don't know about OP, but in Switzerland at least no, that wouldn't be legal for a private citizen to do at their home. The problem is using a camera to monitor people. It doesn't matter if the camera is only a live video feed to a TV screen, or you save the files to disk, or you run frames through a script without saving to disk. Dash cams are also in practice not allowed for the same reasons (license plates, peoples faces).
can16358p 4y ago
How do they (legally) deal with everyone having smartphones in their pockets? Technically and practically, you have a camera to film the public space in your pocket. Even worse, you have a camera that actually have front side and back side, and you can film with back side and always use plausible deniability and say you were on a video call using your smart camera and not filming around.
- speedgoose 4y ago
  I guess holding your phone to film a street for hours is not legal, but taking a tourist video or a video of your family is legal.
  - brokenmachine 4y ago
    How about only half an hour, many times?